The application of sexual coral recruits for the sustainable management of ex situ populations in public aquariums to promote coral reef conservation - SECORE Project

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-179

  Petersen, Dirk ^a,b   Laterveer, Michaël ^a   Van Bergen, David ^c   Hatta, Masayuki ^d   Hebbinghaus, Rolf ^e   Janse, Max ^f   Jones, Rachel ^g   Richter, Uwe ^h   Ziegler, Thomas ⁱ   Visser, Gerard ^a   Schuhmacher, Helmut ^b  

^a Rotterdam Zoo   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Curaçao Sea Aquarium   (Netherlands Antilles)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aquazoo   (Germany)

^f Burgers' Zoo   (Netherlands)

^g ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Tierpark Hagenbeck Troparium   (Germany)

ⁱ EAZA Felid TAG Chair   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquarium; Conservation; Coral; Ex situ population; SECORE Project; Sexual reproduction; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL; RECRUITMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ACROPORA TENUIS; AGARICIA HUMILIS; ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FRAGUM;

EID: 33645350365     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.716     Document Type: Article

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